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US Students Reach 80% Graduation Rate
Good news hit the US media outlets on April 28th. A study showed that over 80% of high school students in the US graduated on time this year. For the first time in U.S. history the nation’s high school graduation rate rose above 80 percent, according to the 2014...
Support “Indie Rising”!
New England Tutors is proudly supporting “Indie Rising”, a wonderful new TV series being filmed right in our own backyard, and we hope you will too!
Summer Learning Loss
Summer Learning Loss is a topic so important to some parents and educators that it has its own article in Wikipedia. Research is also showing that Summer Learning Loss is strongly correlated to a student’s socio-economic status. Low-income children, generally in the primary grades, experience greater losses over the summer vacation than do their middle-income peers. That there is a problem is not under debate. How to fix the problem is another story.
A Great Resource for Autism & Related Disabilities
Below is information from Cindy Ziobrowski MS Ed., Executive Director CARDNE. The Center for Autism and Related Disabilities New England (CARDNE) is a worthwhile program that anyone who has a child or friend with autism or a related disability should look into. And...
Read Across America
"When parents, educators, librarians, and mentors read with children, they give a gift that will nourish souls for a lifetime. Today, Americans young and old will take time to get lost in a story and do their part to cultivate the next generation of talent and...
Read Across America Week
I think it safe to say that we all understand how important reading and the ability to read well is to every individual in America! Your level of reading can open up doors or close them shut. Your ability to comprehend the English language can help you navigate life...
Intensive Small-Group Tutoring and Counseling Helps Struggling Students
It always seems that whenever tutoring is discussed, the topic eventually turns to costs. From the smallest SAU in New Hampshire to the mega-systems of New York and Texas, the question is always raised: “Why do we need tutors when the teachers can do the job?” Of...
Mock SAT a success at Oyster River High School
Dean Graziano and Allison Neal performed New England Tutors 3rd annual mock SAT exam at Oyster River High School this past Saturday February 8, 2014. Over 45 students participated in hopes of getting a good score. New England Tutors performs the mock SAT at several...
Free Frozen Yogurt at Orange Leaf!
New England Tutors is happy to share with you that we’ve partnered with the State Street Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt in Portsmouth, NH to bring your student the opportunity to earn free FROYO as part of their “Ounces for A’s” program! Just share your student’s report card (scan it to us or snap a photo!) and we’ll send you a certificate to receive free yogurt! It’s that easy!
Measuring Intelligence
The subject of how smart someone is has been around for thousands of years, but it was not until Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon in the early 1900’s began developing a written test that…
